Closing in on the dog days of the regular season, the Sacramento Kings will head to Houston for their first of two meetings this week, which will wrap up their series against the bottom-dwelling Rockets.
Sacramento is coming off of a brutal loss to Miami, who were frankly due for a win. With the way the play-in tournament has re-enforced competition in these final days of the season, the Kings do have more to play for than a higher seed in the draft lottery. A loss tonight will eliminate them from contention, thus setting the stage for the longest playoff drought in NBA history at 16 seasons.